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Lake of Fire

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Posted by Fred Braun on August 30, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Lake of Fire
On August 10 I hiked up to American and Snow Lakes for sunrise. I set up just below Snow Lake and took the following picture of American Lakes just as the sun rose above the horizon and lit up the eastern sky.
Posted by bill meikle on August 30, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Beautiful reflection Fred, nice work. Looks like ti was a great sky. What if you had gone down near the lake and got the sky in as well?
Posted by Todd Caudle on August 30, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Fred, this is absolutely mind-blowing!!!
Posted by Ron Leraaen on August 30, 2008 at 10:16 PM
That shot gets a big WOW!! from me Fred. Very unique.
Posted by Grant Collier on August 31, 2008 at 12:08 AM
This is KEWL!
Posted by Grant Collier on August 31, 2008 at 12:09 AM
This is KEWL!
Posted by CAZ on August 31, 2008 at 8:07 AM
Absolutely Tremendous! I love this shot!
Posted by Guy Schmickle on August 31, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Love the comp and love the reflection. Very nice. I might bump up the contrast of the landscape surrounding the lake though.
Posted by Don Grall on August 31, 2008 at 1:38 PM
This proves the grand landscape can be small in scope but big in results.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on August 31, 2008 at 3:39 PM
An incredible shot, Fred! Nice work.
Posted by Morris McClung on August 31, 2008 at 8:50 PM
The reflection just rocks in this shot. On my monitor, the foreground rocks appear out of focus. If they are in your shot, you might consider a crop up from the bottom.
Nice capture.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on September 1, 2008 at 1:32 AM
Very unique. I like it. Great colors too.
Posted by Momo Vuyisich on September 1, 2008 at 11:13 AM
This is very creative, and I really like the results. Thanks for sharing. :smile:
Posted by Rick Dunn on September 1, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Very very nice, Fred. I love that the color even looks to be flowing into and out of the ponds via the respective inlet/outlet streams. I agree with Guy's suggestion - a little tweaking to contrast and saturation would really make this sing.

Great eye!
Posted by Doug Andrews on September 1, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Lovely image. I agree with Rick on the contrast and saturation. :toast:
Posted by Jeff Hackett on September 1, 2008 at 11:08 PM
I like the curves of the lake and that reflection is INTENSE. Very nice Fred. :toast:
Posted by Kevin Trinkner on September 2, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Beautiful shot!! I agree about some contrast adjustments, otherwise fantastic.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on September 2, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Beautiful reflection. Looks like it was worth the hike!
Posted by Laurent Baig on September 2, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Wonderful!
Posted by Michael Renner on September 2, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Awesome shot. And great job seeing this and executing while that amazing sky was overhead.